In this week’s podcast, my guests help us understand how Amazon and the Supreme Court have a common mission: to undercut the standard of living of millions of people. Amazon’s move …
Episode 34: Your iPhone Was Made By A Child Slave…And Wal-Mart Breaks The Law Again
We can’t look away: 168 million children are laboring all around the world, usually in brutal conditions, partly to churn out the piles of consumer goods we lap up. I …
Episode 33: Did Democratic Party Insiders In California Steal An Election…Again?
“Politically speaking, you will be murdered and we will personally take part in murdering you”…that was the message Kimberly Ellis heard from her “sisters” in the California Democratic Party when …
Episode 32: Upbeat Stuff…Wage Theft, Election Theft, CEO Theft, War Crimes
It’s an action-packed podcast. I look at the daily stealing of workers’ wages, to the tune of billions of dollars—right in time for an annual deep-dive to look at a …
Kimberly Ellis Challenging Dem State Party Election
In Episode 31 of the Working Life podcast, I reported on the drama of the progressive battle to take over the California state Democratic Party…and the possible shenanigans the insiders …
Episode 31: Get Good or Get Gone
I kind of love the bottom line message delivered to Democrats by my guest, California progressive leader Karen Bernal: Get Good or Get Gone. In the discussion on this week’s …
Episode 30: You Can Own A Bank. Really.
Why do we let Wall Street run wild with our money? We don’t have to. With my guest Marc Armstrong, I dig into the idea of a public bank–a bank …
Episode 29: ACA Repeal Waves Goodbye to 3 Million Jobs & $1.5 Trillion
Here is something almost no one is talking about but I take it up in this podcast: the repeal of Obamacare, along with its immoral tossing millions of people off …
Single-Payer, “Medicare For All”
The House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act is done. I have a piece posted on CNN.com moments after the vote that argues that it is time for us …
Episode 28: Die or Organize!
People die at work, and people revolt and organize. All in sharp focus the last few days, I looked at the toll at work of sick, injured and killed workers—and …
Episode 27: 100 Days of Craziness, Bigotry and Bad Stuff
I dig into the Top 10 really bad things that have happened so far in Donald Trump’s reign, focusing on workers, and the issues we care about in the political …
Episode 26: Forget ISIS—Uber Is A Greater Threat To Your Security
Uber or Isis: Which is really a greater threat to the security of millions of people in this country, and around the world? In conversation with national taxi workers advocate …
Episode 25: The Tax Robbery: You Get Fleeced, The Elite Get Rich
Every day, it happens: the tax system puts unfair burden on the 99.9 percent while the very wealthy and big corporations pocket huge bucks…and a lot of those bucks come …
Episode 24: The Fed’s Power, The Myths of Politics
Poof! Before you noticed it, the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates and, then, no one much talked about it, even though the Fed probably has more power over your …
Episode 23: Where Did All The Money and Jobs Go? CEOs and Domestic Outsourcing
This isn’t a surprise—CEOs are robbing the great wealth created by workers. But, I add a new wrinkle to the robbery of the people—domestic outsourcing. Yup, you got it. Not …
Episode 22: A $54 Billion Strangeloveian Kiss Because The Pentagon Needs More Toys.
Who cares if old people go hungry if the military-industrial complex can celebrate, right? That’s basically the upshot of Trump throwing a $54 billion increase the Pentagon’s way—even if there …
Episode 21: “Make America Sick Again”–Or How Republicans Feel Just Fine If You Get Sick And Die
24 million. Big number. The number of people who will be added to the ranks of those who have no health care coverage. More people will be sicker. More people …
Episode 20: Undocumented Immigrants: Our Neighbors, Our Community & Our Wealth
The numbers and the passion show it: undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom have lived in the country for over a decade, are part of the fabric of communities …
Episode 19: The DNC Motto: To Hell With the Iceberg, It’s The Russians Fault!!!
Forget the election for chair of the Democratic National Committee. The most astonishing part of the debate at the recent DNC big meeting in Atlanta was…there was no real debate. …
Episode 18: Looking For A Leader and A Message, Democrats Head For Showdown In Atlanta
Democrats will know this Saturday who is tapped as head of the party. But, will the party figure out what’s wrong with its pitch to voters? I talk with linguistics …
Episode 17: Get Sick and Die…Or Hug “Medicare For All”
Here’s what the political class offers the people as health care options: the Republican “who cares if you die as long as the free market lives” versus saving the Affordable …
Episode 16: 150 Million People Slip And Slide Across The Globe
Consider this crazy number: 150 million people around the globe are migrants, moving here and there, either looking for work or avoiding political violence or both. With the echoes of …
Episode 15: Trump Can Be Impeached. Today. Here’s How.
Because of his greed and a never-ending thirst to grab for even more money, Donald Trump has been violating the Constitution—breaking the law—every moment since he got the keys to …
Episode 14: National Democratic Party Fight Heating Up, But The Action Is Local, Too
In about one month, a new chair of the Democratic National Committee will be chosen. As part of my on-going series of conversations with the candidates, I speak with New …
Episode 13: Trump Redux: Liar, Fraud, Ignoramus, Sex Predator—One More Real Expert Tells All
Just two days before an ignorant person gets the keys to the Oval Office, and wraps his tiny fingers around the nuclear button, I go in-depth with an expert on …
Episode 12–Boom! The Revolution Is Alive and Well: Berniecrats Storm The California Democratic Party
Yes, friends, taking over the Democratic Party is far from a mirage. Over the course of two days, the political revolution showed it has bite and balls: Berniecrats, and other …
Episode 11: Trump: Liar, Fraud, Ignoramus, Sex Predator…An Expert Tells All
That’s the sum total of the guy who will soon occupy the Oval Office, and have his finger on the nuclear button. To grapple with this moment in time, I …
Episode 10: Burn The Planet–The Four Horsemen of the Climate Change Apocalypse Ride!
I recently coined a term: “The Four Horsemen of the Climate Change Apocalypse”. That refers to the climate-change deniers who are ready to act as the arsonists of the planet: …
Episode 9: Trump’s “Draining Swamp” Is Filling Up With Crocs
In the long list of fraudulent claims by “Tiny Hands” Trump is the notion that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington—in this week’s podcast, I turned to Elizabeth Warren …
Episode 8: The Foxes Are Circling The Chickens
The individual who will occupy the Oval Office is putting in place people in the government who will do unimaginable damage to the country and the planet. In this week’s …
Episode 7: Death Rattle Of The Democratic Party? Who’s Going To Run The Show?
It’s ugly. Is it terminal? Nothing ever is in politics. But, it’s bad, bad, bad for the Democrats. This week, I looked at the fight over who should be the …
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Statement on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Decision to Not Grant Easement
For all (and see the document link below…thanks to my activist pal Frances Fisher): Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Statement on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Decision to Not Grant Easement …
Episode 6: A Berniecrat Win–By 47 Votes!–Rocks The West Coast
Progressive victories are possible even in these dark days. Meet Heidi Harmon, a Berniecrat, who won her challenge to an incumbent to capture the mayoralty of San Luis Obispo—by 47 …
Episode 5: Burning People, Burning Planet–Capitalism Ain’t Pretty
Jonathan goes digging into the world of the global sweatshop, talking with global workers rights advocate Shawna Bader-Blau on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Bangladesh factory fire …
Episode 4: The TPP Is Dead! The Inside Story On How We Won, and Lessons For The Future
Because we need to celebrate in these dark political days, give a listen to how YOU, and thousands of people like you, helped kill (hopefully, forever), the dastardly Trans Pacific …
Episode 3: Bedwetters and Ice Cream Lovers! This Is For You
Bedwetters, this is for you. A day before the election, Jonathan speaks to Celinda Lake, long-time national Democratic pollster, and together they sift through the polling data and the real …